Pressing-machine.



H. Lmnssmom. PRESSING MACHINE. v APPLICATION FILED SEPT-11, 1 908.,

925,205 I Patentsd June 151909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. LINDESTROM.

PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILF-D SEPT.11, 190B.

Patented June 15, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

aZmarlz/nakr WneJL/w "t t o e Q m n m o cilantro or IIJALMAR LINDEST'ROM, OI UII ICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND h it .irasnir NE ASSIGN- llillCN'lS, TO THE LIIADICH MACHINE OOB'IPAN Y, OF GllltjAGt}, ILLINOIS, OO'RETORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRE S SING-MACHINE Application filed September 11, 1998. Serial Specification of Letters ateiit. t

ed June 15, 1999. I

To (L-ZZ whom it "I/Nlj/ concern:

Be it known that- I, llmmun LTNDTGSTROBI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a machine to be used for pressing garments and cloth, and consists in certain peculiarities of the constrin-tion, novel arrangemei'it, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide garn'icnt or cloth pressing machine which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and etlective in operation, and so made that the desired amountof pressure may be applied to the SlDOOilllliilfll'Ol] by footpower while said iron may be manipulated by the hand of the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for adjustably supporting the iron with respect to the ironing-board or platform to the end that the proper pres sure may 3c a )plicd to the garment or cloth through the iron, and so that the latter may be swung from over the board or platform to permit of the cloth and garments being properly placed thereon.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure l is a view in side elevation of a pressing machine cinlilodying the invention. showing by dotted lines the positions to which the iron and its support may be turned rec. ly for the operation of pressing; Fig. 2 a top plan view of the machine; Ff 1-3 is an enlarged View in side elevation of a portion of the beam which supports the smoothing-iron, showing it mounted on the head or carrier therefor; Fig. l is a detail view partly in section and partly in elevation of a portion ot the supportingotrsme and a part of the vertical sliatt which carries the support tor the smoothing-iron.

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means oi? 1e or rods 10 secured to their outer eda about the middle thereof.

Li'onnt able up" is 11 at the :tront pm" of the top is a. horizontally posed d or 1 in 1.2 which may be of a} I; ltl. shape and on which rest while rear portion or are adapted to ironed. The has at about its niidiflle two npw nded and spaced apart projeclio vL3 which transversely apertured to rereiye a. shaft men tgd at each if its ends 1 forwardly extending link 15, be vecn the front portions of which is pivotally secured on a transverse shaft 15 a yertically apertured block 1? through which is extended tiesapporting-shait 18 for the iron carrying h ad, which block may be secured to said shaft by means of a set-screw, dot-ted lines in Fig. 1, and in connection. with the links 15 is employed to assist in holding the shaft 18 vertically in its movements.

'angeinent it apparei'it that; the block 17 may raised to a 'tabic distance on the shaft 18 and there ii i by means of the set screw which it or overcome th. upper portion o.

e pressure. on the and in such a oi" the main frame 8 wardly under he tr ie r on 7 is a lever 19 to whici porting-silo secured, as is clearly shown drawings. To from; I e lever 191s on a footiell-cranltlever, an extended through ironic 8 upwardly W81 end of is similarly and its on which is By this arso as to counteract.

' ertion of the sup-- secured to the upper portion of the main frame 8 atabout the middle of the central portion of the table or top. Secured at its upper end to the upper portion of the frame is a spring 2-l which has its other end connected by means of a link 25, or otherwise, to the front portion of the lever 19, and said. spring is employed to hold the lever 19 and the supporting-shaft 18 normally in their raised positions. Connected to the shorter arm 22 of the bell-crank or footlever at a point above its fulcrum is one end of a spring 26 the other end of which is secured to the lever 19 in front of the shaft 18, and said spring is employed to retract the shorter arm 22 so as to normally hold the front portion of the foot-lever in its raised position. Surrounding the supportingshaft 18 at the upper portion of the main frame 8 is a collar 27 which may be fixed to the shaft 18 by means of a setscrew 28, and has diametrically disposed projections 29 to fit in vertical guide-Ways 80 formed in spaced apart transversely extending portions 8 of the supporting-frame at about the middle, rear portion thereof.

As will be understood. by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the shaft 18 is exteded'vertically through a suitable opening in the top 7, and has rotatably mounted on its upper portion the iron-carrying-head which consists of a horizontally disposed beam 31 having" a vertically apertured enlargement 32 near one of itsends to receive theshaft 18, and provided on its opposite surface with a longitudinal groove to receive a horizontally-disposed and ad justable bar 34 which has secured at its front end a pendant 35 having on its lower portion a ball or spherical enlargement 36 to fit within a correspondinglyshaped cavity of a socket piece 37 which is secured to the upper surface of the iron 38, or tailors goose, which iron or goose is preferably of such construction as may be heated by means of gas supplied through a tube 39 leading from a supply of gas to a suitable burner within the iron. This iron is provided with an upwardly and laterally extending handle 40 to be used for manually operating the same, for it is apparent that its position may be changed, as desired, by reason of the joint provided by the ball 36 and socket 557 at the end of the adjustable bar 84 which supports them. The adjustable bar 34 is movably held in position within the groove 33 of the head by means of straps 41 which are vertically secured to the beam 31 near its ends and across the groove therein. Located in the upper front portion and in the rear lower part of the groove are l'iorizontally disposed bearing plates 42. and j ournalcd at the rear upper portion and lower front portion of said groove are rollers 48 which rollers and plates serve to act as guides or bearings for the bar.34, thus permitting it to be moved back and forth with great ease. The rear end of the bar 34 may be provided with a transverse pin 44 to prevent it being accidentally withdrawn from the head. The enlarged portion 32 of the head is provided at its upper and lower portions with vertically apertured and spaced apart projections 45 through which is extended an adjusting-rod 46 which has in itsupper portion a knob or hand-wheel 47 to turn the same, and is provided on its lower portion with screw-threads 48 to engage a screw-threaded opening in a projection 49 on a collar 50 which is rotatably mounted on the shaft 18 between two collars 51 which may be sc cured at the. desired ositions by means of set-screws 52 withwhlch they are provided. The adjusting-rod 46 is provided with an enlargement 53 between the projections 45 so that the head will be raised or lowered on the shaft 18 by turning the adjusting-rod 46in the proper direction.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen and clearly understood that the head carrying the iron supporting-bar 34 may be adjusted vertically to any suitable pointon the supporting-shaft 18 therefor, and that the bar 34 which carries the iron 38 may be extended back and forth with respect to the head, and that as the iron is supported by means of the ball and socket joint it will have such movement that will enablethe operator to manip ulate it as desired on the garments or cloth in the operation of pressing" the same. By placing the foot of the operator on the forward or free end of the lever 20 it is apparent that the desired pressure may be imparted to the iron, and it will be understood that as the shorter arm 22 of the bell-crank or foot-lever is pivotally. connected to the lower end of the pivoted link 23 a togglejoint will thereby be produced, thus providing great power or pressure. In order to prevent the toggle joint formed by the link 23 and shorter arm 22 of the bcll-crank-levcr from passing forwardly over the dead center I provide the lower portion of the frame 8 with a spring 54 which is located in the path of the lever20 at a suitable distance below the same, so that when said lever is forced downwardly it will strike the spring 54 and prevent the toggle being moved forward of its dead center.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a pressing machine, the combination with a main frame, of a supportingshaft mounted for vertical movement thereon, a lever fulcrumed on them-aim frame'and pivotally connected to the lower portion of said shaft, :1 bell-crank-lever pivotally secured to the front. portion of the first-named and and an soul gm with r; m

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' l-IJALBh-KR LINDESTROM. W itnosses Cum. 0. Tummy,

M. A. HYMAN.

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